Internal architecture of a raised beach ridge system (Anholt, Denmark) resolved by ground-penetrating radar investigations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 281-290

  Clemmensen, Lars B ^a   Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Denmark; Ground penetrating radar; Holocene; Sea level; Sedimentary architecture

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; DUNE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RAISED BEACH; SEA LEVEL;

ANHOLT; DENMARK; MIDTJYLLAND;

EID: 75549091383     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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